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    toothpicks. 3. Observed reactions and recorded in the table below. Cleaned out the 5 test tubes. Data: Iodine Test Results Discussion: The iodine test was successful. Potato juice and starch were the only two substances containing starch. Again, glucose and onion juice contains glucose, while water doesn't contain starch or glucose and was just tested to make sure the test was done properly. SUDAN III TEST Introduction: Sudan III test detects the hydrocarbon groups that are remaining in the molecule

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    digest the starch; thus, there will be no change in the color of the liquid inside, or outside, of the dialysis membrane because the Lugol’s reagent will not have surrounding starch to react with. Null Hypothesis (H0) – The amylase will not digest the starch; thus, when the outside liquid passes through the permeable membrane (dialysis membrane), the Lugol’s reagent will react with the starch—turning the content inside of the membrane black. Results – When this experiment was performed, starch and amylase

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    implementing the key points in making the cake which are highlighted above, thus aiding the success of my cake. The sugar aided the crumb to be smooth in my cake due to the gelatinisation of starch. Sucrose delays the gelatinisation of the starch, as mentioned earlier this delay allows the cake to rise. As stated above starch influences the expansion of the mixture and thus the volume of the baked good and also its crumb. All these factors contributed to the making of the successful orange

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    Null Hypothesis

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    The amylase will have no effect on the starch or fail to digest it and the Lugol's will cross the membrane causing a color change. Hypothesis: The amylase will digest the starch, so when the Lugol's crosses the membrane, there will be no color change. In this lab experiment, we were testing diffusion across a plasma membrane using starch, amylase and Lugol's. The results from the experiment supported my hypothesis. The amylase did in fact digest the starch. The control in our experiment without

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    the amount of 0.5% starch used in the reaction tube (5mg) and the time taken to reach the achromic point, to get the average amount of starch hydrolysed / min to reach achromic point for 1mL of Diluted Amylase Extract(DAE), thus, we could get average amount of starch hydrolysed / min to reach achromic point for 25mL of DAE, which was same as the average amount of starch hydrolysed / min to reach achromic point for 5mL of amylase, therefore, we got the average amount of starch hydrolysed / min to

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    tandem repeats (Tracy 2017). And these variations arise from possible dietary shifts and therefore selective pressure across different population; ultimately increasing or decreasing the need for amylase (Perry et al. 2007). Specifically, the levels of starch within an individual’s diet is believed to be an

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    depending on what organic substances or contains. For example, when the presence of starch was tested using iodine, it was shown that the iodine turned a black color when in the presence of starch, but did not change otherwise. And since french fries contain starch, the mashed up french fries turned black when iodine

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    Two common polysaccharides, starch and glycogen, serve as energy storage molecules in plants and animals respectively. Starch consists of two major polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin, both of which are composed of chains of D-glucose units joined by α-1, 4-glycosidic bonds. While amylose has an unbranched helical structure, amylopectin is highly branched with α-1, 6-glycosidic bonds joining the branches at the branch points. Amylopectin can be found in both starch and glycogen (Brown & Poon

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    fungal amylase Aspergillus oryzae, and bacterial amylase, Bacillus licheniformis ability to break down starch into maltose was studied. The study determined the optimal temperature the Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus licheniformis was able to break down the fastest. The starch catalysis was monitored by an Iodine test, a substance that turns blue-black in the presence of starch. Amylase catabolizes starch polymers into smaller subunits. Most organisms use the saccharide as a food source and to store energy

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    Dogs, Canis lupus familiaris, are considered the first animals to be domesticated by humans. The consensus is that dogs’ closest living relatives are wolves, Canis lupus, although arguments have been made that dogs originated from a much larger gene pool including other canids (Wayne and Ostrander 1999). More controversial is the timing of the initial domestication event, as the fossil record and genetic evidence claim very different dates for the domestication of dogs. The uncertainty lies in the

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